
volcanohunter
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Connection to/interest in ballet** (Please describe. Examples: fan, teacher, dancer, writer, avid balletgoer)
fan, former dancer, self-loathing (ex-)New Yorker
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Liam Scarlett dead at 35
volcanohunter replied to volcanohunter's topic in Ballet Obituaries and Memorials
I am forced to rely on Google's translation, but the announcement from the Royal Danish Theater appears to make several references to "offensive" and "abusive" behavior. I recall that when Scarlett was suspended by the Royal Ballet, press reports mentioned complaints about drug use and bullying, in addition to the allegations of inapproriate behavior toward RBS students. https://via.ritzau.dk/embedded/release/planlagt-forestilling-aflyses-pa-grund-af-oplysninger-om-kraenkende-adfaerd?publisherId=3885992&releaseId=13619891 Have Scarlett's former colleagues at the Royal Ballet -
Paris Opera Ballet 2020-2021 season
volcanohunter replied to silvermash's topic in Paris Opera Ballet
After the women's competition, Inès Mcintosh, Bleuenn Battistoni and Nine Seropian have won promotion to coryphée, and Camille Bon and Clémence Gross to sujet. -
Liam Scarlett dead at 35
volcanohunter replied to volcanohunter's topic in Ballet Obituaries and Memorials
I'm going to assume that when the Times went to print, no one there was aware that Scarlett had died. The cancelation of a ballet production abroad isn't normally newsworthy outside of specialized publications, but this one had whiff of scandal to it. Evidently, that made it irresistible to the editors. The headline has since been updated to "‘Offensive’ British ballet supremo Liam Scarlett found dead." -
Just today The Times had published a story with the very loud headline "Denmark shuns ‘offensive’ British ballet supremo Liam Scarlett" about the Royal Danish Ballet canceling a run of his Frankenstein over misconduct allegations. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/denmark-shuns-offensive-british-ballet-supremo-liam-scarlett-g6npr6d5d
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2021: Free Streaming during COVID-19 Crisis
volcanohunter replied to volcanohunter's topic in COVID-19: Ballet and the Arts
The Polish National Ballet in Krzysztof Pastor's Romeo and Juliet -
Paris Opera Ballet 2020-2021 season
volcanohunter replied to silvermash's topic in Paris Opera Ballet
Men's round of the promotion competition. Chun-Wing Lam and Jack Gasztowtt promoted to coryphée, Andrea Sarri and Nikolaus Tudorin to sujet. -
2021: Free Streaming during COVID-19 Crisis
volcanohunter replied to volcanohunter's topic in COVID-19: Ballet and the Arts
Don Quixote from the Vienna State Ballet. On demand for about 24 hours. https://play.wiener-staatsoper.at/event/a63fb13b-a75b-43b9-b28d-eb4ce2abe210 -
Something, perhaps, for the kids. Martin Short tells the story of The Sleeping Beauty, illustrated by footage from the National Ballet of Canada production.
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Thank you very, very much for the link.
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2021: Free Streaming during COVID-19 Crisis
volcanohunter replied to volcanohunter's topic in COVID-19: Ballet and the Arts
The Vienna State Ballet in Hans van Manen's Live and Martin Schläpfer's 4 (that is, Mahler's Fourth Symphony). Available for about 24 hours. https://play.wiener-staatsoper.at/event/051389f2-89a9-4cce-8063-561b3667aaa7/play -
2021: Free Streaming during COVID-19 Crisis
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The Stuttgart Ballet in Hans van Manen's Adagio Hammerklavier and Große Fuge and Mauro Bigonzetti's Einssein. Available until April 5. -
2021: Free Streaming during COVID-19 Crisis
volcanohunter replied to volcanohunter's topic in COVID-19: Ballet and the Arts
The Staatsballett Berlin in Mauro Bigonzetti's Caravaggio. Available for about 24 hours. -
2021: Free Streaming during COVID-19 Crisis
volcanohunter replied to volcanohunter's topic in COVID-19: Ballet and the Arts
The National Ballet of Canada in excerpts from Guillaume Côté's Frame by Frame, Aszure Barton's Watch her and Marie Chouinard's 24 Preludes by Chopin -
That's very unfortunate, and it's a shame this wasn't fixed. What's disconcerting is not so much that dancers appear seven feet tall, but that their limbs seem to lengthen and shorten as they move through space. I've encountered the aspect ratio problem at ballet-in-cinema screenings more than once, although usually the dancers were stretched sideways in those cases.